United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) the district court's credibility finding was amply supported by the testimony at the suppression hearing, as well as the lack of a substantial showing by defendant to the contrary; and 2) defendant could not move to renew his suppression motion at or before the trial, the accepted way to urge a trial court to reconsider its denial of a pretrial motion, because his guilty plea ended the guilt-determination phase of the proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2010
• Published 11/12/2010

Judges

• James B. Loken

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel